Tag Archives: high school

A Smooth Start to the School Year

It seems kind of silly to me to start school before Labor Day. Although my daughter did get in three full days of school, my senior just had two and my youngest had one and a half. Oh, that’s another thing…those dreaded half days. But that’s another story. So the kids got a taste of school and then immediately enjoyed three days off. And so far it looks like its going to be a good start. I had quite a few concerns about my daughter starting high school, especially since she was coming from such a different environment. Admittedly, some … Continue reading →

My Daughter’s Transition to High School

How is it that dropping my daughter off for her first day of high school almost felt like the first day of kindergarten? How is it that I spent more time awake in the middle of the night than she probably did…worrying about the transition? I was doing pretty okay about all of this until we attended her Open House the night before. All of my kids brought their supplies to put them into their lockers. No one had any trouble opening their locks. We then took their schedules and went to each class, meeting the teachers. But with my … Continue reading →

The Conclusion to My Big Time Mess Up As a Parent

My fellow blogger Michele Cheplic, reminded me of an unfinished end to a blog I had written about a huge mistake I had made with my daughter. There was an uncertainty to her future and where she would end up for high school. To recap, the county I live in has a terrible school system. It gets worse by the time children make it to high school. So my boys were put into another school district by what is called “open enrollment.” When it came time to sign my daughter up for open enrollment, I apparently failed to put on … Continue reading →

Will My Child Succeed?

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Seems that there is more than enough guilt to go around these days but single parents get an extra helping. I’ve read study after study that says because my daughter is growing up in a single parent home she is at risk. Statistics show that children of divorce are more likely to drop out of high school, get pregnant before they are 18 or be “idle” after high school. A large majority of Hailey’s friends are from single parent homes. Most of them are not pregnant, some of them are, or already have children. Some of her friends from intact … Continue reading →

High School Prom

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My wife and I were chaperones for high school prom this year and we weren’t going to deprive our son of the experience. Weeks earlier my wife had picked out a baby-sized tuxedo for our little gentleman-in-training and we were finally going to see how he would look in it. Following every other experience I’ve had with my son, he looked better than I did. While both of us were wearing tuxedo’s Mommy had purchased a slick and shiny black dress to reveal her newly trimmed physique after lots of exercise. She looked like she could single-handedly solve the national … Continue reading →

California School Finally Approves Controversial Musical Production

Yes, no, maybe so… It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks for high school students in California, who planned to showcase their talents in the musical, “Rent: School Edition.” But, now, it appears that the show will go on. The drama started when Corona del Mar High School theater teacher Ron Martin chose “Rent: School Edition,” as the spring musical. The production is a slightly toned-down version of Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award-winning show, which appeared on Broadway for more than a decade. It won rave reviews around the world, but that meant nothing to Corona del Mar High School’s principal, … Continue reading →

New Plans to Graduate Kids in 10th Grade

The last two years of high school are generally spent preparing for college and enjoying the last hurrahs of senior year, but what if it were the first two years of high school, grades nine and ten where this took place, instead of grades 11 and 12? An announcement made by education officials of one state may speed up graduation from high school from senior year to sophomore year, with graduation at tenth grade instead of 12th. On October 30th, education officials in New Hampshire announced that they will be giving students a rigorous new series of state board exams … Continue reading →

The Romance of Class Reunions

As hard to believe as it is, this coming weekend the East High Angels Class of 1988, of which I belong, will get together to celebrate our 20th high school reunion. Because our Alaska trip is right around the corner and doing both would really stretch our funds, I won’t be attending however. Who Will Be There? But I was curious who all will be there. The cool thing is I don’t have to go to know. As so many things are these days, there’s a list of people who’ve registered for the reunion online. They’re Married? Another neat thing … Continue reading →

Senioritis

It has arrived…and right on schedule too. Now that we have slipped into the final term of my eldest daughter’s senior year, she has caught a hard case of Senioritis—just getting up and getting going on school mornings is tough (although the socializing all weekend is not) and as for getting in those papers and projects—it is like pulling teeth! I have told my daughter and myself that she is actually right on target—she is supposed to be ready to be done with high school. The fact that she is far more interested in where she is going to be … Continue reading →

Help Students Prepare for Their Future

Deciding whether or not you will attend college and what you want for your future is a big decision for children. However, the earlier that a child can begin making these decisions the better. As an eighth grade student in my county, children take a career scope test to determine their strengths and weaknesses. The test matches the students’ skills with careers for the future. The students also talk with a high school counselor and are asked to choose a path of study for high school. The path may be college bound or technical school bound. Parents and teachers alike … Continue reading →